Ranking the World: Rest of the World
With the fourth and final installment of our series ranking the world’s golf nations (outside the U.S.) we consider the remainder of the globe, from South America to South Africa, Canada to the Caribbean The final in our four-part series ranking the best golf countries outside the U.S. looks at the Rest of the World, […]
Risky Business: Gambling in Golf
The PGA Tour has a big opportunity with legalized gambling, but there’s also a potential downside Sad truth: The Tiger Woods era is drawing to a close. Whether we like it or not, his competitive career will end soon, be it one year from now or five, and when that happens professional golf will experience […]
My Courses: Peter Jacobsen
Professional golfer and commentator Peter Jacobsen shares his favorite and most challenging courses to play in this edition of “My Courses.” MY FAVORITE COURSE: Pebble Beach. It was a favorite of our family growing up in Portland, Ore. I so much enjoy the feel of golf in the air on the Monterey Peninsula. FIRST COURSE […]
Links Living: Whitetail Club
The best in rustic-modern living, along with a vibrant, year-round way of life, can be found on top of the world in Idaho’s Salmon River Mountains Escaping the masses and getting away to the unspoiled beauty of nature has never seemed so appealing; leaving the creature comforts you’re accustomed to, perhaps not as much. Located […]
Links Living: Frederica
This private island golf community set in Georgia’s Golden Isles attracts both PGA Tour pros and those in search of a lifestyle that transcends generations Famous for its magnificent location on Georgia’s coast, Frederica is home to one of the Southeast’s most prestigious golf clubs. A favorite of PGA Tour pros (more than a dozen […]
I Was There: 1999 Ryder Cup
It was one of the most unforgettable of all Ryder Cups, but some of its memories are less than golden Boston, Mess While every Ryder Cup has been freighted with misadventure, the 33rd match between the USA and Europe at Brookline was weighed down by the excess baggage of controversy and chicanery more damagingly than […]
Great Courses of Britain & Ireland: Kingsbarns
Just six miles from St. Andrews sits a course that combines something old and something new to create something very special In early 1793, George Washington was planning a second term as President of the United States; George III still reigned in Great Britain and Ireland; Louis XVI was sent to the guillotine in France. […]
Classic Courses: Sankaty Head Golf Club
After almost a century—and a discreet restoration—this Nantucket nugget is ready for some well-deserved attention To the pantheon of one-hit-wonder architects like George Crump (Pine Valley) and H.C. Fownes (Oakmont), add the name, H. Emerson Armstrong. Son of a golf pro and a good player himself, Armstrong moved to the island of Nantucket, in the […]
Reservation Golf: The Unsung Greatness of Golf on Native American Land
In upstate New York, the Oneida Indian Nation has gone all-in on golf at the Turning Stone Resort Casino. The 3,400-acre resort has five courses, including championship layouts from Tom Fazio, Robert Trent Jones Jr., and Rick Smith, along with a par-3 course and a player-friendly 9-hole course. “Golf has really played an integral role […]
How Former Caddie Steve Hulka Set Up the Perfect Moving Business on the PGA Tour
Longtime PGA Tour caddie Steve Hulka was waiting to check in at Baltimore’s Thurgood Marshall Airport not long after 9/11 when he spotted two military personnel carrying M-15s. That’s when it hit him how much traveling, especially for those who do it for a living, had changed for good. “It was an eye-opener and I […]